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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.keen.com/CommunityServer/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>When it seems so bleak....</title><link>http://www.keen.comhttp://blogs.keen.com/rena</link><description /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Debug Build: 56432.85)</generator><item><title>Welcome to a safe place!</title><link>http://www.keen.com/CommunityServer/UserBlogPosts/rena/Welcome-to-a-safe-place/407770.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:55:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8ca05964-da1c-4176-9dbc-9d0bc609bb83:407770</guid><dc:creator>rena</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://www.keen.com/CommunityServer/blogs/13395801/comments/407770.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.keen.com/CommunityServer/blogs/13395801/commentrss.aspx?PostID=407770</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;In these troubled and turbulent times it often seems that rest is incapable to be found.&amp;nbsp; With worry about money, jobs, family, health, future, and surviving it seems very difficult to find a place of peace and light.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is exactly the time that finding that place of solitude should be the most important thing that you do.&amp;nbsp; It is when you are in quiet that your spirit can talk to you.&amp;nbsp; It is when you stay still in the middle of fray that the answers you need will arrive.&amp;nbsp; We keep ourselves so busy and filled with noise which creates a barrier from the true voice of our spirit.&amp;nbsp; Many times this is self inflicted because we don't want to hear what the voice of our spirit has to say to us.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;See what we know deep in our soul is the true path of our life.&amp;nbsp; The soul and spirit are our guidebooks, however, we seldom look at the books to be gently guided in the right way.&amp;nbsp; Instead we plunder on with great consternation to find paths that don't work, ideas that don't measure up, and situations that cause us pain.&amp;nbsp; Why do we do that?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I believe that the reason that we are here in the plane of intention is to learn how to listen to the still voice of our soul instead of the loud and raucous voice of our ego or head.&amp;nbsp; In our head or ego is all the things we have been told through our life, you know the lovlies like, "You can't do that, you're not smart enough."&amp;nbsp; Or "You look really good but you should lose some weight."&amp;nbsp; Big ones like, "You're stupid."&amp;nbsp; To small ones like, "Too bad you don't have bigger breasts."&amp;nbsp; All these words have been slung at us throughout our life and like bad spaghetti hanging from our walls they have stuck hard to create complete structures of pain, hurt, and anger.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;However, all this plague of hurt can be scraped off.&amp;nbsp; How do we do that?&amp;nbsp; We stop believing what these statments said.&amp;nbsp; The words hurled at us were words of hurt and anquish of someone elses pain.&amp;nbsp; When people tell us things to diminish us, they are only speaking the feelings of themselves.&amp;nbsp; So instead of living our lives we begin to live the life of someone else's pain.&amp;nbsp; Lets put an end to that by scraping off the spaghetti like structure of other's pains and going down deeper to the love, truth, and peace of our own inner knowledge.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;How do you do this?&amp;nbsp; First step is to begin to find a time to get quiet for you and only for you.&amp;nbsp; Make it a priority to be still and to listen to yourself.&amp;nbsp; Get rid of the word "selfish" in your vocabulary that equates to you never taking time for yourself, and begin to get to know the spirit of who you are.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Soon your spirit will be giving you advice, good advice, and advice you will begin to take.&amp;nbsp; As you see that your life begins to flow better, things you need appear, troubles seems smaller, and the pains and ills of the world seem farther away, this is how you will know that the spirit speaks the truth always. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Further remember that we are never alone on this walk through this life.&amp;nbsp; Guides, angels, and those we love that have passed on walk right along with us to help us meet the people we need to meet, see the things we need to see, and hear the thoughts or words to change our lives. Our guides, angels, and loved ones want us to find that voice of spirit and gently push us on the right paths to that avenue to our soul.&amp;nbsp; Sometimes the path is rocky and steep and seems painful, but at the end of the path you find that you have survived and even grown with the speed of an olympic athlete.&amp;nbsp; And even with the pain comes an opening to the understanding that while enduring the worst of you life you felt loved, supported, and cared for.&amp;nbsp; Those are you guides!&amp;nbsp; Remember, "YOU ARE NEVER ALONE!"&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So, remember that a safe place exisits and you do not need a plane ticket to get there.&amp;nbsp; The safe place is accessible at any time of the day or night as it never closes.&amp;nbsp; And the safe place will never let you down.&amp;nbsp; What are you waiting for??&amp;nbsp; Head on down to the safe place in the seat of your soul and have some communion with the love you hold inside.&amp;nbsp; You'll be glad you made the trip.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Blessings, peace, and joy to each of you!&lt;/p&gt;
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